Gaiter.



H. COHEN.

GAITER.

APPLICATION FILED we. 20,1907.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

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HYMAN COHEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GAITER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

Application filed August 20, 1907. Serial No. 389,344.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HYMAN COHEN, a subject of the Emperor of Russia, andresiding at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gaiters, of which thefollowing is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to gaiters and the object thereof is to providesuch an article of apparel which may be worn with either surface thereofupon the outside at will; a further object being to provide such anarticle which may be readily secured in position in either of its useswithout duplication of the securing devices; a further object being toprovide means whereby the upper part of the gaiter may be turneddownwardly, in order to insert the bottoms of trousers, without thenecessity of removing the same or of disconnecting the main securingmeans, and a still further object is to provide such an article which isadaptable to all conditions of weather or climatic changes, which issimple in construction and use and very inexpensive.

My invention is fully described in the following specification, of whichthe accompanying drawings form a part, in which the same referencecharacters are used to indicate like parts in each of the views, and inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gaiter constructed accordingto my invention; Fig. 2 is a view thereof in an open or extendedposition; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary, sectional view taken on the line 3-3of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a sectional detail of a securing device used in myinvention; and Fig. 5 is a similar view of a slight modification of theconstruction shown in Fig. 4, also employed.

In the drawings forming a part of this application, I have shown agaiter comprising a body member a, of flexible material, and composed ofa main side member a and two members a and a connected with the member aand adapted to be connected with each other, and the member a is alsoprovided with an extension (1 which is adapted to overlap the rear ofthe gaiter when in position for use.

In Figs. 1 and 2, it will be seen that the rear of the gaiter consistsof the member a and a supplemental member a connected therewith and withthe member a at a andthus forming an independent upwardly directedelement which may be turned downwardly to the point of its connectionwith the member a and the member a without disconnecting the sametherefrom, supposing the extension a to be disengaged, the object ofthis being to permit the insertion of the bottoms of trouser legs and,this being possible at the rear of the gaiter, it is also possible atthe front thereof as will be seen.

The rearward edge of the member a is provided with a plurality of buttonholes I) adapted to engage buttons 0 of the member a and holes 6 toengage buttons 0 on the extension a the buttons 0 being each mountedupon a loop 0 of thread, twine, wire and the like, secured adjacent toslots 0 in the fabric of the gaiter, as shown in Fig. 5, and thisconstruction permits of moving the buttons 0 to either surface of thefabric through the corresponding slot and the buttons 0 are similarlymounted adjacent to slots 0 but upon elastic bands 0 formed into loopssimilar to the loops 0*.

Secured at d, upon one surface of the fabric of the gaiter, are twostraps d and d which are adapted to be passed to the other surface ofsaid gaiter through slots d and the latter one of which carries a buckled which is of old form and which permits connection therewith, in twoways, of the strap 01 In practice, I prefer to form the gaiters ofwaterproof material, either with one glazed and one cloth surface, or oftwo cloth surfaces which may be of different colors or designs, thesematerials being at present employed in various articles of apparel, andif the former is used, the glazed surface is placed outside, the buttons0 and c and the straps d and 03 passed through the corresponding slotsto the glazed surface of the gaiter, and said gaiter secured inposition, during wet weather, and the other surface thereof outwardlywhen the weather conditions permit. In the latter form of fabric, eitherside may be at the exterior, either as a matter of individual taste orto conceal a soiled surface, the operation beingsimilar to that of theother fabric.

The object of the extension a is to permit, as previously stated,insertion of the bottoms of trouser legs, and the elastic bands 0maintain a snug fit of the gaiter about the ankles of a wearer with thetrouser legs either insideor outside, as will be seen, and, when thegaiter is reversed, the extension (1 is passed outwardly of the membersa and a", this being possible because of the connections below the top'of the gaiter.

It will be understood that I do not bind ..myself to theexact buttonsand holes there- 10' forshown, as various kinds of securing devices maybe vemployed, nor to'the exact form ofthe gaiter body, as the same maybe inade'of various shapes and of various heights according to the usethereof-and many other changes in and modifications of the form ofconstruction shown and described .may be made without departing from thesplrit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages, and

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A; gaiter, comprising abody member,

securing means for the ends thereof, a strap at each side of the bottomthereof, devices for connecting said straps, means for-holding saidsecuringdevices upon either sur- .;face of said'gaiter and said bodymember .being provided with slots adjacent said straps whereby they maybe passed wand -member.

be operable oneither surface of said body 90 A gaiter, comprising a bodyportion,

one end of which is divided longitudinally formingtwotmembers, one ofwhich is prober secured to said body member beneath said slit and to theshortened end and projecting above said slit, a flap encircling saidlast named member and securing devices therefor and for said flap-withsaid body member at its opposite end.

4. A gaiter, comprising a body member,

securing devices therefor, a flap connected therewith, devices forsecuring said flap to one end of said body member, a tongue on said bodymember, securing devices for the bottom of said body member'and meansfor holding said devices on either surface of said gaiter.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing asmy invent-ion I have 'signedmy name in presence of the subscribing witne'ssesthis 19 dayofAugust1907.

HYMAN Gonna.

WVitnesses J. FRED. CRYER, J. C. LARSEN.

